NVIDIA AI Podcast Making Machines Mindful: NYU Professor Talks Responsible AI - Ep. 205
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Oct 18, 2023 
Julia Stoyanovich, NYU professor and director of Center for Responsible AI, discusses responsible AI, NYC's bias-free hiring software law, transparency in AI models, and the need for skepticism and critical thinking in an AI-driven world.
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Responsibility Sits With People, Not Machines
- Responsible AI means people take responsibility for design, deployment, and oversight of AI systems.
- Embedding legal, ethical, safety, and sustainability norms into AI is essential to make AI socially sustainable.
AI As A Decision System
- Define AI as a system where algorithms use data to make or assist decisions on our behalf.
- Responsible AI requires assessing harms and benefits domain-by-domain and use-case-by-use-case.
How AI Creeps Into Hiring
- Julia recounts how AI is used across hiring from ad targeting to resume screening and personality extraction.
- She highlights surprising tools that infer personality from resume formatting and sell them to major employers.